A case report of adenocarcinoma of the lung in which a partial response was achieved by carboplatin.

abstract：:Alendronate, a bisphosphonate compound, lowers serum calcium in patients with cancer-associated hypercalcemia through its inhibitory effect on bone resorption and as a result symptoms associated with hypercalcemia improve. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of alendronate in patients with hypercalce...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ohnishi T,Takeda E,Yogita S,Miyake H,Kinoshita T,Terashima Y,Matsumoto T,Tashiro S

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is already a well-recognized global phenomenon. The traditional approaches to cancer therapy have been surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. These modalities have shown considerable promise and presently form cornerstones of management of most malignancies. However, these conventional approaches have associat...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Munshi A,Ni LH,Tiwana MS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A histopathologic study was made on 1,095 thyroid specimens which had been removed surgically under various diagnoses at Seoul National University Hospital during the six-year period, 1976-1981. Among the 1,095 surgically removed thyroids, adenomatous goiter was the most common single disease, accounting for 43% of al...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Park SH,Suh EH,Chi JG

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Second primary malignancies have become the leading cause of death in retinoblastoma survivors. Although osteosarcoma is the most common second malignancy, little is known about its clinical and therapeutic features. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed a database of patients with retinoblastoma and osteosarc...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Fujiwara T,Fujiwara M,Numoto K,Ogura K,Yoshida A,Yonemoto T,Suzuki S,Kawai A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Second opinion is a common phenomenon in many health systems, especially in the care of patients with cancer. However, it is not clear whether second opinion seeking should be promoted or discouraged and how second opinion services and policies can be better formalized to maximize the benefits and minimize th...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Shin DW,Cho J,Yang HK,Kim SY,Mok HK,Lee H,Park SM,Huh JS,Ryu J,Park JH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is a proteasome inhibitor and is active against multiple myeloma. Most toxicities associated with bortezomib are mild to moderate and manageable; however, bortezomib-induced pneumonitis has been reported in some multiple myeloma cases. Bortezomib-induced pneumonitis was reported to occur relatively soon aft...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamaguchi T,Sasaki M,Itoh K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjuvant chemotherapy with S-1 is a standard treatment for patients with stage II/III gastric cancer after D2 gastrectomy; however, this is not uniformly applicable in older patients. The Stomach Cancer Study Group of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group conducted a questionnaire survey on older patients aged ≥80 years a...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mizutani T,Yamaguchi K,Mizusawa J,Ito S,Nishida Y,Yabusaki H,Boku N,Sano T,Yoshida K,Sasako M,Yoshikawa T,Terashima M,Stomach Cancer Study Group\/Japan Clinical Oncology Group.

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a 78-year-old woman with insulinoma, treated with a combination of diphenylhydantoin and a calcium antagonist. The effectiveness of 200 mg of diphenylhydantoin and 180 mg of diltiazem was evaluated by measuring the levels of plasma glucose, immunoreactive insulin and immunoreactive insulin/plasma...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Imanaka S,Matsuda S,Ito K,Matsuoka T,Okada Y

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was performed to review retrospectively the clinical course of chronic rectal bleeding as a complication of external beam radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer and to analyze the relationship between technical parameters of radiation therapy and the complications. METHODS:Seventy-one pa...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kitamura K,Shirato H,Suzuki K,Shinohara N,Demura T,Harabayashi T,Nishioka T,Kagei K,Takayama N,Shinno Y,Kawakura K,Koyanagi T,Miyasaka K

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite an increase in the number of Japanese patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms, long-term outcomes and prognostic factors, especially for those with advanced disease, remain unclear. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 78 patients with unresectable pancreatic neuroendo...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Lee L,Igarashi H,Fujimori N,Hijioka M,Kawabe K,Oda Y,Jensen RT,Ito T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inconsistency in the prevalence of infection by human papillomavirus (HPV) in lung cancer patients was found between different countries with racial and geographic variations. Our previous reports have indicated that a high-risk HPV 16/18 DNA was frequently detected in Chinese lung cancer patients living in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Fei Y,Yang J,Hsieh WC,Wu JY,Wu TC,Goan YG,Lee H,Cheng YW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoperoxidase staining for human keratin proteins was performed cytologically on samples from 90 patients with malignant tumors, and histologically on samples from 164 patients with malignant tumors. At the cytological level, almost all tumor cells not only in squamous cell carcinoma but also in nonsquamous cell ca...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yagi Y,Imamura Y,Saku T,Shimotsu T,Hatae M,Yagi S

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of multiple primary cancers in the aerodigestive tract is a well known phenomenon that has been explained by the concept of 'field carcinogenesis'. Metachronous or synchronous esophageal cancer has usually been identified in patients with head and neck cancer, gastric cancer or colon cancer. The inciden...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Naomoto Y,Haisa M,Yamatsuji T,Shirakawa Y,Muramatsu T,Isozaki H,Kamikawa Y,Tanaka N

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To improve palliative care practice, the need for patients-reported outcome measures is increasing globally. The Integrated Palliative care Outcome Scale (IPOS) is a streamlined outcome scale developed to comprehensively evaluate patients' distress. The goal of this study is to assess the reliability and val...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Sakurai H,Miyashita M,Imai K,Miyamoto S,Otani H,Oishi A,Kizawa Y,Matsushima E

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and nonspecific cross-reacting antigen (NCA) mRNAs were observed in malignant and nonmalignant colon tissues by Northern blot analysis. CEA mRNA was detected together with NCA mRNA in nine cultured cell lines, with the exception of the lung carcinoma A549 cell line, and in ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Hinoda Y,Takahashi H,Higashide T,Nakano T,Arimura Y,Yoshimoto M,Tsujisaki M,Imai K,Yachi A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease. The aim of this prospective study, in which fluorescence in situ hybridization was used to determine human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status in primary breast cancers and in the lymph node metastases, was to verify the stability of human epidermal growth facto...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Aoyama K,Kamio T,Nishikawa T,Kameoka S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor. The long-term outcome is poor for patients with metastatic disease. METHODS:From June 1989 to January 2008, 202 patients (128 males and 74 females) with high-grade osteosarcoma of the extremities were treated at our institution. Patients were divi...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Wu PK,Chen WM,Chen CF,Lee OK,Haung CK,Chen TH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trousseau's syndrome (cancer-associated thrombosis) is the second leading cause of death in cancer patients, after death from cancer itself. The risk of a venous thromboembolism is 4- to 7-fold higher in patients with cancer than in those without cancer. The causes of this impaired coagulation are associated with gene...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Ikushima S,Ono R,Fukuda K,Sakayori M,Awano N,Kondo K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemoradiation is potentially curative for esophageal cancer in various stages, but local failure is a major problem. The present case was a 49-year-old male diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer with an esophago-bronchial fistula and lymph node metastasis. Histological diagnosis by biopsy was adenosquamous cell c...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Morihiro M,Boku N,Ohtsu A,Miyamoto S,Ishikura S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a 3.6-mg dose of pegfilgrastim for primary prophylaxis in Japanese breast cancer patients receiving dose-dense chemotherapy. METHODS:Patients treated with adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer at the Tokyo-West Tokushuka...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Mizuno Y,Fuchikami H,Takeda N,Iwai M,Sato K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The consultation fee for outpatient radiotherapy was newly introduced in the national health insurance system in Japan in April 2012. We conducted a survey on the use of this consultation fee and its effect on clinical practices. METHODS:The health insurance committee of the Japanese Society of Therapeutic R...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Igaki H,Onishi H,Nakagawa K,Dokiya T,Nemoto K,Shigematsu N,Nishimura Y,Hiraoka M,Japanese Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Health Insurance Committee.

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of follicular lymphoma in Japan is far lower than that in western countries, and no large-scale clinicopathologic studies on this neoplasm have been conducted in Japan. We reviewed histopathological specimens from 118 of 135 patients who had been diagnosed as having follicular lymphoma between 1968 and 1...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Katsumata N,Matsuno Y,Nakayama H,Takenaka T,Kobayashi Y,Takeyama K,Narabayashi M,Fukushima T,Yokozawa T,Nakata M,Tajima K,Ikeda H,Tobinai K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) rarely occurs in non-thymic lymphoproliferative disorders. The present article describes a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (follicular, mixed type), who concurrently developed PRCA and warm type autoimmune hemolytic anemia during the clinical course. The PRCA and hemolytic anemia were ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Suzuki A,Takahashi T,Taniguchi A,Kotake C,Seo T,Toda T,Kobayashi K,Tsukamoto N,Fukumoto M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system for reconstructing three dimensional (3-D) images from ultrasonography using a linearly moving mirror was modified. The device could display the 3-D structure of objects in real time by employing an on-line system. In a case of hepatocellular carcinoma, structures of the tumor and blood vessels were selective...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kawabata M,Mochida S,Fujiwara K,Yamanaka R,Yamamoto K,Yoshikura H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five cases of histiocytosis X in the National Children's Hospital were clinicopathologically studied. Fourteen cases were categorized in diffuse histiocytosis X, Letterer-Siwe type (DHX), 19 cases in multifocal eosinophilic granuloma (MEG) and 2 cases in unifocal eosinophilic granuloma (UEG). Nine of 14 DHX die...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Tsunematsu Y,Koide R,Watanabe S,Takahashi H,Morikawa Y,Shimizu K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachytherapy is an invasive therapy with placement of radiation source into or near the tumor. The difference between planning target volume and clinical target volume is minimal, and the dose out of the tumor reduces rapidly due to the inverse-square law. High-dose-rate brachytherapy enables three-dimensional image ...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Itami J

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The disease status of axillary lymph nodes at diagnosis is the most powerful predictor of prognosis for patients with breast cancer. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been the standard treatment. Recently, lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) have been suggested as alternatives to A...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Koizumi M,Makita M,Yoshimoto M,Kasumi F,Sakamoto G,Ogata E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized phase III trial was initiated in Japan in August 2019 to confirm the superiority of preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery plus adjuvant chemotherapy compared to the standard treatment, i.e. surgery plus adjuvant chemotherapy, for locally recurrent rectal cancer in local relapse-free survival....

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Kadota T,Tsukada Y,Ito M,Katayama H,Mizusawa J,Nakamura N,Ito Y,Bando H,Ando M,Onaya H,Fukuda H,Kanemitsu Y

更新日期：2020-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the appropriateness of chemotherapy and care in Korean cancer patients near the end-of-life. METHODS:We designed a retrospective cohort composed of patients diagnosed as having metastatic cancer and who received palliative chemotherapy at Seoul National University Hospita...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Keam B,Oh DY,Lee SH,Kim DW,Kim MR,Im SA,Kim TY,Bang YJ,Heo DS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the clinical course of a ureteroiliac arterial fistula in a patient who had been managed by ureteral stenting for 8 years for severe ureteral stricture after abdominoperineal resection with pelvic irradiation for advanced rectal cancer. A multidisciplinary team approach including provocative angiography and...

journal_title：Japanese journal of clinical oncology

authors： Yamasaki K,Omori K,Takaoka E,Sekido N,Shigai M,Mori K,Minami M,Watanabe Y,Shimazui T,Akaza H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00